Make your own linocut Christmas cards

Keith Tunnicliffe designed and illustrated products for the giftware trade before moving into web design. He was a finalist in Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year 2019. www.larkstudios.co.uk

Dungeness is a shingle headland on the Kent coast. The variety of plant life growing in an area that qualifies as the only desert in the UK constantly catches the eye, especially when set against the dramatic structures of the area. The lighthouses are interspersed with wooden weatherboarded houses, converted railway coaches and a nuclear power station.

Prospect Cottage, the former home of artist and film director Derek Jarman, has a garden that reflects the bleak, windswept expanse of shingle with the use of driftwood, pebbles and gathered metal to add the perfect artform to the area. I have chosen Derek Jarman’s cottage for this linocut artwork as it will always remain a source of inspiration for my work.

Process

My linocut style is loose and often referred to as painterly, and develops throughout